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(Twelfth report) About the situation of Expressway to the earthquake off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture

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April 9, 2011
As of 5:50
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

NEXCO East Japan Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) established a disaster prevention headquarters after the earthquake that occurred off Miyagi Prefecture at 23:32 on April 7, 2011.

After the earthquake, the roads and sections that had large shaking were closed, emergency inspections were carried out, and the closed roads were sequentially removed from the sections where the emergency restoration of damaged areas was completed.

1 Section where suspension of traffic has been lifted

Road name section By vertical line Remarks
Sendai-Tobu Road Sendai East IC-Sendai Kohoku IC Up and down 5:20 on April 9th Cancellation of suspension of traffic

2 closed sections

Road name section By vertical line Remarks
Tohoku Expressway Hiraizumi Maesawa IC-Misawa IC Up  
Joban Expressway Iwaki Shikura IC-Joban Tomioka IC Up and down Because of the nuclear power plant evacuation area

3 Summary of major damage

Tohoku Expressway Hiraizumi Maesawa IC-Misawa IC (In-bound line) at the embankment structure location, the embankment deformed (the embankment on the road shoulder is about 20m in height and about 30m in length). I am.

Tohoku Expressway Hiraizumi Maesawa IC to Mizusawa IC (In-bound line) Embankment deformation (photographed at dawn on April 8), work scenery to restore the embankment (photographed at dawn on April 9, about 30 m below the Expressway) Image of work status)

4 Expected completion of emergency recovery

The In-bound line between Hiraizumi Maesawa IC and Mizusawa IC, which was relatively damaged, is expected to take several days for emergency restoration, but we aim to complete it as soon as possible.

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